Question

Mrs. Sahd distributes pencils and papers to students in the ratio of 2 pencils to 10 sheets of paper. Three of these ratios are equivalent to 2/10. which one is not? a. 1/5 b. 7/15 c. 4/20 d. 8/40?

Answer 1

The ratio that is not equivalent is B. 7:15

The reason why it's not equivalent because for the other ratios:

1:5 could be turned into 2:10 by multiplying 1 and 5 by 2.

4:20 could turn into 2:10 by dividing both numbers by 2.

And 8:40 could be divided by 4 to get 2:10.

But you can't do anything to 7:15 to make it 2:10.